ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company (IPRU) has surged 11% to Rs 460, extending its Tuesday’s 7% gain after the company reported better than expected results for the financial year 2017-18 (FY18). On comparison, the S&P BSE Sensex was trading 0.16% lower at 34,563 points at 12:03 pm.
SBI Life was up 2% to Rs 762 in intra-day trade today, after gaining 4% on Tuesday. The stock trading at its highest level since listing on October 3, 2017, was up 9% against its issue price of Rs 700 per share.
HDFC Standard Life too hit a new high of Rs 512, up 2% on the BSE in intra-day trade today. Since listing on November 11, 2017, the stock rallied 45% as compared to 4% rise in the benchmark index. The company issued shares at price of Rs 290 per share.
New Business (NB) annual premium equivalent (APE) growth slowed down for the life insurance industry at 16% year-on-year (YoY) in FY18 (Vs 21% YoY FY17) as group business APE grew merely 1% YoY (Vs 21% YoY in FY17). Individual business APE continued to grow better at 19% YoY (21% YoY in FY17) as key private players such as SBI Life and HDFC SL clocked over 30% YoY growth.
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